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This has very much the feeling of βthey need us more than we need themβ
Iβm in the UK and some people voted for Brexit saying the same. Look how that turned out for us over the last five years.
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I know this is sidetracking a bit, but i just wanted the chance to ask somebody who is actually from Great Britain, how is it there.? Without having to look for information online that could be propaganda as we don't really know which information source is reliable or not. How are you guys holding up?
If they read it, they would call the main character in part II "woke" and dismiss him as a "liberal."
And he wasn't even especially woke.
Fun fact: Humans are also susceptible to rocks.
It's often been pointed out that Right Wing Media Literacy is poor.
We see this often when they root for villains or characters intentionally unsympathetic, like Bojack's Dad, Homelander.... heck Trump's 2020 Re-Election team compared him to Thanos, saying he was "inevitable" and making gifs of him as Thanos snapping the DNC away.
So this isn't anything new in theory, but it's amazing that this "They're rooting for the bad guys because they don't know how media works" problem extends to the FUCKING BIBLE!
The Heroes of the Bible are intentionally meek a lot of the time, the point is that even when you aren't powerful yourself, your dedication to your Faith and standing up for what's right should be enough to make up for your shortcomings, for the Lord will lift your burden.
It's why "Proud Christian" doesn't make any sense, it's a very Pro-Humility faith!
I mean, David literally had a thousand wives and concubines and he still had to go and fuck one of his best soldiers' wives.
He got her pregnant and then orchestrated the guys desth to cover up his sin, the baby was cursed to die, and the second the baby died, he was just like, "Okay, cool, I'm over it" and he's still considered the beloved of God.
The gist of the story is that people that are pointed to high places and have heroic unbelievable achievements can make horrible mistakes and still be forgiven by God as long as they repent.
Nobody is perfect, not the undefeatable giant Goliath, nor the beautifully-hearted musical genius hero warrior king David of Israel.
Anybody whose understanding of David stops at, He killed Goliath with a slingshot" doesn't deserve any sort of authority when it comes to interpretation of the Bible.
My interpretations of the Bible are as useful as my interpretations of any other fantasy series. Just because something has a deeper meaning doesn't mean it is useful, correct, or should be followed. Every episode of South Park ends with what lessons they learned. It's also more up to date and in tune with the realities of the world around it. The reason people don't worship South Park is because they haven't been systematically brainwashed to do so.
How I know this: god told me so
I've been saying it for a while, but a lot of the US so called Christian groups actually aren't. I'm not really sure what they should be called. Pseudo Christian maybe?
Many of them could pretty accurately be called Mammonites.
American with christian characteristics?
You got right to the problematic issue: "read". Reading is hard. Reading a long text is harder. Reading a very long text with complex meanings and referring to things outside the historical context of most readers, is very hard.
I've read the Bible. Twice. I don't think there is any action or concept by the current GOP where you won't find a sentence in the Bible that is actually condemning this precise move. They don't care, as they have never read it.
Oh, the irony...
No. They don't.
They have co-opted something they are too dumb and lazy to even understand.
Any other questions?
That's certainly the first word that comes to mind when you hear Canada; Unfair. How rude of us to bully America around like that.
I just don't understand the part where we're somehow being "unfair" to the US.
Our president is a baby. Everything is unfair. Diapers? Unfair. Hurricanes? Unfair.
During Trump's first term, Trudeau had to remind him that Canada has the deficit in trading with the US. This is probably retribution for embarrassing him. I wish I was kidding
I think it's more an attempt to replace income tax since it acts like a sales tax like they've been drooling to do for years but now they don't have to say the word tax
It's a strongarm tactic to negotiate something else they want or they're trying to spoil u.s.-Canadian relations.
At this point I legitimately want Canada to Annex America, we cannot be left to our own devices.
So what they're saying is that Canada can win this fight if they've got good aim and a minimal arsenal of tools at their disposal. Got it.
Also, God is on their side!
Also, we're declaring ourselves the loser bad guys of the story
The rest of the world: yeah we already knew that, though.
Canada:
USA: How dare you. Trade war it is
Also, remind me Jack, whose side was God on in that fight? Because if I remember correctly it might have not been Goliath's...
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Short answer - No
Long answer - Nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo
The long answer is wrong. They read the parts that suit their agenda.
Its usually read to them
They can only read at a 5th grade level. If stop signs didn't have a shape and color there would be mass casualties
Republicans for decades have targeted people with a 5th grade reading level. Trump's main "innovation" was targeting a 3rd grade reading level.
They're not even trying anymore
Because they don't even have to
No. No, they do not.
not theirs, ours that they appropriated ~ jews